SIDEBOARD "EN SECRETAIRE"

Louis XVI, signed F. SCHEY (Fidelis Schey, maître 1777), Paris ca. 1780.

Fluted mahogany. Front with 2 drawers, the top drawer hinged and lined with gold-pressed, green leather. Fitted interior with central compartment and a drawer on each side. Gilt bronze mounts, drop handles and sabots. White/gray speckled marble top, edged in pierced brass.

130x47x(open 70)x93 cm.

Provenance:- from a private collection, Suisse romande.Ref.: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 784f. (biogr. information). J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; I, p. 433 (biogr. information).